Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201889450000000
Revision Date:2018-03-22Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-8945 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:The bfd_section_from_shdr function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-8945
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND binutils package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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